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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Cape Verde	Albania	Oman	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	422	3,085	2,348	273
Dec 31, 2000	430	3,065	2,403	274
Dec 31, 2001	438	3,047	2,457	275
Dec 31, 2002	447	3,038	2,510	276
Dec 31, 2003	455	3,026	2,562	278
Dec 31, 2004	463	3,014	2,613	279
Dec 31, 2005	471	2,998	2,663	280
Dec 31, 2006	478	2,979	2,713	281
Dec 31, 2007	486	2,957	2,764	282
Dec 31, 2008	494	2,934	2,816	283
Dec 31, 2009	501	2,915	2,871	285
Dec 31, 2010	509	2,900	2,928	286
Dec 31, 2011	516	2,892	2,986	287
Dec 31, 2012	524	2,888	3,047	288
Dec 31, 2013	531	2,882	3,110	289
Dec 31, 2014	539	2,876	3,174	290
Dec 31, 2015	546	2,868	3,240	291
Dec 31, 2016	553	2,863	3,307	291
Dec 31, 2017	562	2,861	3,375	292
Dec 31, 2018	568	2,854	3,444	293
Dec 31, 2019	574	2,842	3,512	294
Dec 31, 2020	580	2,825	3,582	294
Dec 31, 2021	585	2,799	3,651	295
Dec 31, 2022	590	2,787	3,696	295

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

No separate list is published for Cape Verde, Albania, Oman, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.